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STiki question

Hey, I had a question about STiki and it wasn't answered yet in #wikipedia-en on IRC (I'm impatient :P). Does STiki not work on Linux? On Wikipedia:STiki it says "Windows, OS X", but it's a .jar file so I would expect it to work on Linux too. Upon launching it (through terminal (java -jar stiki.jar), I saw it was executing Wine, yet I see no reason for a jar file to have to be loaded using a Windows Program Loader like Wine. :S If you don't know, that's fine, but since you suggested it to me, I figured you'd be a good person to ask! ^_^ Also, unrelated question, can I steal some of the bullet points off of your talk page's edit notice to use on mine? :3 --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 03:36, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure, I haven't used Linux or Mac OS yet. I'm not sure why Wine is trying to run a .jar file, but that's beyond me, unfortunately.

And yes, feel free to steal any of the source code off my user pages. After all, I stole most of them myself >:) K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:42, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks. :D and yay for stealing things :D --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 04:01, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also you have two different bullets telling people to sign their posts on your editnotice. Just thought I'd point it out. :P --George Barnick – Talk/Contribs 04:06, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's deliberate. Unsigned comments always drive me absolutely nuts (it's such a simple concept, signing your posts!). Thank God we have SineBot, at least. K6ka (talk | contribs) 11:45, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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What did u find wrong in my modification in Barasat Kalikrishna Girls' High School! I know very well what I wrote was true! so my dear friend would u please reply me to ranganzaman@ovi.com . :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranganzaman (talk • contribs) 15:28, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I left a message on your talk page about that. You failed to provide a valid source for your edit, so according to the verifiability policy, I was allowed to remove it. K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:25, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Against our Will does argue a logical fallacy. Read what she says.

All men do not keep all women in their so called place with conscious intimidation thru a threat of rape. To argue that point is a sweeping broad generalization that should be noted as such.98.81.157.102 (talk) 18:02, 24 February 2014 (UTC)me[reply]

As we've all mentioned, it violates our neutral point of view policy. Do not re-add without consensus. K6ka (talk | contribs) 18:03, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re

Thankx for the message on my talkpg and for the contributions in general. 37.46.38.253 (talk) 19:05, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. :) K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:29, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, K6ka. You have new messages at Bennettfyffest's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bennettfyffest (talk • contribs) 23:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, K6ka. You have new messages at D A Patriarche's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Tnx! D A Patriarche (talk) 02:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

February 2014

Hello, and thank you for removing vandalism from Uganda. This is much appreciated, but unfortunately your repair was not successful in restoring the article to its pre-vandalised state. For future reference, it is better to deal with vandalism by checking the article's page history to determine how it appeared before it was vandalised. You can then restore the whole article, or the relevant part of it, to an appropriate earlier version. If you simply delete the visible vandalism then any content removed or overwritten by the vandal is lost. See How to deal with vandalism for details. Sorry for the template, hope this helps. Both the named editor and the IP were vandalizing and it got into a bit of a mess! Cheers. DBaK (talk) 10:20, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Simple oversight. Glad that you corrected it. I don't appreciate the template though - a personally written message would've been better. K6ka (talk | contribs) 11:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I suppose you saw the bit that said "sorry about the template" above though? You got a template with a nice personally-written message too. I would have though that was a win-win! I am well aware of WP:DTTR but also of WP:TTR. And I'm quite impressed with bits of DTTR such as "They may also simply be trying to save time by avoiding writing out a lengthy message that basically says the same thing as the template, which is, after all, the purpose of a template." That "they" was me. Which, of course, we have both now undermined with this discussion ... I think I might go and make tea now. :) Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk • contribs) 12:04, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

K6ka, maybe you could send DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered a {{Uw-dttr}}.

(t) Josve05a (c) 12:07, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)...and you forgot to sign! Oh brother, you might want to re-opt in to SineBot so it'll sign when you forget. K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:09, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Self-Aggrandizing Edits and the Street Artists Program Article

I noticed that you previously weighed in on the Street Artists Program of San Francisco article's talk page. That article seems like it is spinning out of control from the self-aggrandizing, un-sourced, and clumsy edits of a very persistent individual who may also be running a sock puppet scheme. We really need some help and possibly some page protections for that article which was recently rewritten by a DYK Editor. Are you interested or have any suggestions?James Carroll (talk) 20:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no. Not this article again. I wish I could just forget about it...

Dropped in with my comment. I'm not exactly an experienced editor (I'm experienced in vandalism-fighting and in topics that I am interested in, and this is unfortunately not one of them), so I can only do so much. K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

truth verses vandalism

the fact of the matter here is that my wife worked for these jokers for the first half of last year - and "clash magazine ltd" went bankrupt owing a lot of people (not least the british taxpayer) a huge amount of money

how can a entity like this be allowed to continue unchallenged?

why are you allowing wiki - supposedly an encyclopaedia - to be used for marketing purposes - and not warn others of the dangers of doing business?

i know you think you're doing the right thing - but you're so wrong

i don't really know how wiki works on this level - but i'm very happy to discuss this via mail richard.turner10@luckyfrog.co.uk

thanks 213.42.223.2 (talk) 12:44, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I don't discuss things on e-mail. You can discuss it on this talk page.

Your edit was reverted because 1. It wasn't supported by a valid citation, 2. It wasn't written in neutral point of view, and 3. By your explanation that would be an example of original research, which Wikipedia doesn't accept.

Before editing, you might want to check out the Introduction to Wikipedia, read the Five Pillars of Wikipedia, and, if you still have questions, ask it in the Teahouse, where friendly and experienced editors will answer you. K6ka (talk | contribs) 12:49, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

help

wikipage subcommissural organ can you help me with the references? if you notice some references are more than once but the wikipage assume that they are difference and they atribute a new number. do you see that in the page? it is hapening with the book that I put in the references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FCULneuro (talk • contribs) 19:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Citations are pretty simple, really. If you have one source and it is used only once in the article, just wrap it with <ref></ref> tags. For example - <ref>http://www.awesomesite.com/</ref>. If the same source is used more than once in the article, do something like this:

Will had initially stated that Jon Bon Jovi was an amazing artist.<ref name="enter a name that other editors will recognize here">http://www.awesomesite.com/</ref>.

...a couple of paragraphs later...

Alyssa did not appear at Jon Bon Jovi's birthday party despite being invited.<ref name="enter a name that other editors will recognize here" />

In other words, this will allow you to add the same footnote to different parts of the article. The most important thing is that one of those "ref name" tags have the citation. Once one of them has it, you can just type <ref name="name of reference" /> and the footnote will appear in both places where you put the tags.

Sorry if I'm not being very clear here...you can play around in the sandbox. I've done an example in my own sandbox if it helps. K6ka (talk | contribs) 20:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Carla yusko page

You put my page on automatic deletion. I was trying to do something sweet that nobody else in the world will see. Be nice. Give it a day. Bradyab12 :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradyab12 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

From the article...

Hey snobby wiki editor people please don't delete this for maybe day or so. The facts say she should see it first.

So you called me snobby, created an article that doesn't come close to meeting our notability policy, and a message was left on your talk page explaining why it was tagged for deletion. K6ka (talk | contribs) 16:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Confused?

Im dreadfully sorry to disturb you but you recently deleted what I put on the poet/poetry pages. I find this not only to be rude a disrespectful , but it has also insulted my dignity. I happen to be one of the smartest and wisest people on this planet. To have scum like yourself deleting my most wise posts makes me a little angry. Or should I say furious! I have never met such a disgrace to the planet. Anyway STOP DELETING MY POSTS OR ELSE (I'm not threatening you I'm just saying that you can't stop me from editing anything so stop).

Best Wishes, ScrewpoetryScrewpoetry (talk) 03:35, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Screwpoetry, you've been blocked from editing. Have a nice day! Nikkimaria (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Ninja'd! Enjoy your WikiBreak. K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edits by 145.118.128.65

Hi, Entering the English Wikipedia, and not yet personally logged in, I stumbled across your message on reverting an edit in "Pull & Bear". The reason for reverting was very politely phrased, as the contribution was plane vandalism. The IP address 145.118.128.65 however belongs to a secondary school in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and therefor is blocked in nl.Wikipedia for anonymous contributions. Maybe this should be installed in the English Wikipedia too. T.vanschaik (talk) 11:00, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The edit summary was automatically generated, and I did not write it. We are aware that the IP address belongs to a school see the talk page, but we won't block it until that IP has received enough warnings and vandalizes the wiki enough times. If you think this IP should be globally blocked, you can take it to the administrator noticeboard, since I'm not an admin here. K6ka (talk | contribs) 11:48, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Dana (Wayside)

Hello K6ka. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Dana (Wayside), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to fictional characters, but the article should be redirected to the show's page. Thank you. kelapstick^(bainuu) 17:53, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Four times in a row, you beat me to reverting an edit on Huggle. Awarded to you for outstanding work in counter-vandalism. Stay strong, and keep on going! :) Mz7 (talk) 20:56, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Speedy deletion declined: [[:Dana (Wayside)]] ==
 Hello K6ka. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of [[:Dana (Wayside)]], a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: '''A7 does not apply to fictional characters, but the article should be redirected to the show's page.'''  Thank you.  [[User:kelapstick|kelapstick]]<sup>([[User talk:Kelapstick#top|bainuu]]) </sup> 17:53, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
+== A barnstar for you! ==
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+|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Four times in a row, you beat me to reverting an edit on [[WP:HG|Huggle]]. Awarded to you for outstanding work in counter-vandalism. Stay strong, and keep on going! :) [[User:Mz7|Mz7]] ([[User talk:Mz7|talk]]) 20:56, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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